Patti LuPone Quotes
I am in musical theatre, but it isn't necessarily what I listen to in my leisure time, do you know what I mean?
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One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.
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I know when it's getting close to game time, I create a different playlist for each and every game. Before the game, to game time, to warm-ups, going to the stadium, I have a different playlist that puts me in a different mode.
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His advice to me is basically to just love what you do and don't let the fear of failure stop you.
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As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
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Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.
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I did a film called 'Fire with Fire.'
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Sometimes I like to watch TV, though I never get to watch any of the shows in real time. I'm a fan of 'Downton Abbey,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' and 'Boss.' There's a British series called 'Luther,' but in England, they think a series means four episodes. And I like 'Mad Men.' Otherwise, it's always good to unwind with a book.
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Society in the English countryside is still strangely, quaintly divided. If black comedy and a certain type of social commentary are what you want, I think English rural communities offer quite a lot of material.
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People make the mistake of thinking they've got to perform just because someone has said something about their potential.
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But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won't. But we need to make sure that we teach history to those who never had the opportunity to remember in the first place.
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Marty Russo was too good a golfer to be a servant of the people.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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The grandeur of Jerusalem is also... its problem.
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In college, I was a huge fan of 'Les Miserables.' I seem to remember that people who were into French literature preferred Hugo's poetry.
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In a sense there is no 'opposition' in Bahrain, as the phrase implies one unified block with the same views. Such a phrase is not in our constitution, unlike say the United Kingdom. We only have people with different views and that's ok.
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I always wanted to be the person to whom people looked forward to give opportunities. As opposed to always being the person who wants to work with others and who is always the backup: where it's like, 'If nothing works out then OK, let's get this person.'
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
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I'm a walking, talking enigma. We're a dying breed.
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One of the things we tell ourselves as African-Americans is if we work hard, play by the rules, we do start back a little ways, but if we can be twice as good, somehow we can escape history and heritage and legacy.
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A role model for me is somebody who is really empathetic and has a calm strength to them. Sometimes you meet random people and they're really inspiring because they seem wise; they've gone through things.
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There is such a difference between life and theory.
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I started out wanting to be an actor and I like to give actors as much as possible. I love writing stuff where they can really lose control.
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I am in musical theatre, but it isn't necessarily what I listen to in my leisure time, do you know what I mean?
